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Elon Musk’s X to roll out pinned hashtags in Communities; Check out this exciting benefit
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Elon Musk’s X to roll out pinned hashtags in Communities; Check out this exciting benefit

[ad_1] We recently found out about X owner Elon Musk's plans to turn the social media platform into an “everything app”, after his speech from the all-hands meeting with the employees was leaked. He talked a lot about Communities, highlighting that it is growing at a rapid pace. Perhaps to double down on that growth, X will soon get another new feature in Communities. This new feature, pinned hashtag, will allow group admins to pin certain hashtags at the top and allow users to follow a certain topic within the group.AndroidAuthority found a string of codes with the latest version of X for Android, where this hidden feature was found. The feature not being present at the moment could be due to the developers deactivating it to conduct tests, or to later release with additional lines of ...
After banking features, what else is Elon Musk planning to bring to X? Know them all
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After banking features, what else is Elon Musk planning to bring to X? Know them all

[ad_1] X (formerly Twitter) is going to get quite a few banking and finance features in 2024, and they will include payment-related features too. That is the intent Elon Musk has expressed often. As such, those who are wondering about the connection between financial services and social media should not be surprised, as company owner Musk has said that he plans to turn X into an “everything app”, much like China's WeChat and Alipay. But an everything app does not just have payments, it is also required to have a lot of other services as well. So, what exactly is Musk planning to bring to X? Let us take a look.New services and features that can soon come to XAmong the first could be a news distribution service. According to a report by Bloomberg, the service will be called XWire, and it ...
LinkedIn killer? Twitter announces early access to X Hiring Beta to let companies post job listings
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LinkedIn killer? Twitter announces early access to X Hiring Beta to let companies post job listings

[ad_1] In the early hours of August 26, X (formerly Twitter) took another step towards its aim of becoming the ‘everything app' as it announced early access to its new feature called X Hiring (Beta) for verified organizations. These organizations will now be able to post job listings on the platform and reach out to candidates. Interestingly, with the hiring element added to X, it now competes with LinkedIn and other similar apps that revolve in the same space. While companies on X have always interacted and engaged with their followers, this gives them the opportunity to find the right candidate from a large pool.The official account of X announced the feature and stated, “Unlock early access to the X Hiring Beta — exclusively for Verified Organizations. Feature your most critical role...
Elon Musk wants to hide news headlines from link previews on Twitter
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Elon Musk wants to hide news headlines from link previews on Twitter

[ad_1] It appears that the ‘block' is not the only Twitter (now X) feature whose future is in jeopardy. After expressing his views on how blocking users is pointless and suggesting he may take away this feature, company owner Elon Musk is targetting the headlines on link previews, as per reports. At present, a large number of news organizations share their articles on X. While sharing the articles, the platform generates a link preview that contains the image, URL, headline, and a short summary. But soon, the headline might be gone to reduce the height of the preview window.Fortune viewed material that revealed that this change is directly being pushed by Musk. The report cited unnamed sources who said, “It's something Elon wants. They were running it by advertisers, who didn't like it,...